In 1901, a print series, A Bunch of Buckskins, was published by R.H. Russell, in New York. The series included Remington’s portraits of eight Western characters that defined his West including An Army Packer A Cavalry Officer An Arizona Cowboy A Trapper and four Native Americans. A Sioux Chief was Remington’s tribute to the fighting Sioux. Just as he idolized American cavalrymen, Remington respected their Plains Indian adversaries: “They were fighting for their land—they fought to the death—they never gave quarter and they never asked for it. There was a nobility of purpose about their resistance which commends itself now that it is passed.”
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A Sioux Chief
Artist: Frederic Remington Year Completed: 1901 Medium: Pencil and pastel on composition board Dimensions: 31.875 x 22.875 inches